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New X Men: Angel

Ellis

09:13 / 18.08.01

From Comicon:

Tamayyurt

09:44 / 18.08.01

Um, she looks like a bumblebee. and why are those people crossing their arms like her? Is she the queen bee? If she were half naked I'd say the character was based on li'l kim. And what happened to the first Angel?

The Sinister Haiku Bureau

09:44 / 18.08.01

looks pretty fly though. (Jeezus!- what a crap pun, I'd go commit hari kari but buffy's on in 25 minutes....)

Jamieon

09:44 / 18.08.01

Good.

Jamieon

10:31 / 18.08.01

quote: why are those people crossing their arms like her?

I think it's cover art. That's the kind of thing that happens in cover art.

It's a continuation of the "each teammate gets a cover" theme.

Can't wait for Xorn's cover.

Ronald Thomas Clontle

14:02 / 18.08.01

Um, wait...I thought Angel was supposed to be white trash?

I guess I just misunderstood the whole Jerry Spring angle. I like the idea of a black woman who looks like a black woman in the group (say, unlike exotic supermodel Storm) along with a Chinese man 20-odd years the senior of the other team members.

I wonder what the Muslim woman will be like...

Jamieon

14:31 / 18.08.01

Yeah, it's all getting very multicultural, isn't it?

Ganesh

14:34 / 18.08.01

I like the fact that crossing their arms gives everyone an 'X' on their chest...

Ronald Thomas Clontle

14:36 / 18.08.01

Well, that's the roots of the X-Men since the beginning of Claremont's first run... his All New All Different X-Men was a Canadian, an African, a German, a Russian, an Irishman, a Native American, and a Japanese man... and then later on, a midwestern Jewish girl, a southern girl, a British woman, a Chinese-American girl, a Cajun, another Native American, etc, etc....

bio k9

20:09 / 18.08.01

Um, she looks like a bumblebee. and why are those people crossing their arms like her? Is she the queen bee?

"Live! Live! Live in the rhythm hive! Yeah! I wanna feel your mass mind!"

Jamieon

08:23 / 19.08.01

Check the URL address: It's the cover to 119.

Our Lady of The Two Towers

07:58 / 20.08.01

What happened to the old Angel?

Warewullf

08:15 / 20.08.01

Nothin'. Isn't he in Casey's Uncanny X-Men?

grant

13:37 / 20.08.01

Yellow & black clothes + three-fingered hand sign = Latin Kings.

Did a story on them a while back.
The gang that insists it's not a gang.

Here: A "People" pdf file.
(People are Bloods-affiliated, I think. the other side are "Folks")

Here: A news story on the Kings. They've been trying to recoach themselves as a civic organization lately, and have actually lectured at a New York City college (I can't remember which one, but it pissed the police off, because their academy is part of the institution).

That'd be an interesting meme swap - the young superhero team vs. the youth gang.

Ronald Thomas Clontle

15:38 / 21.08.01

quote:Originally posted by The Ungodly Lozt and Found Office:
What happened to the old Angel?

He's Archangel now.

Boy in a Suitcase

17:13 / 21.08.01

Fwoaarr... what do those drawings on the cover of the Latin Kings manifesto look like?

Tamayyurt

00:29 / 22.08.01

I can't open both links sooo, what do the drawing on the cover of the LK manifesto look like?

Tom Coates

08:28 / 22.08.01

Has anyone seen any other as-yet-unreleased New X-men covers around on the net recently? If so, could you link 'em?

Jamieon

16:50 / 22.08.01

I've posted them all up here. Everything up till 120. If ye seek ye shall find.

Ganesh

16:39 / 11.09.01

quote:Originally posted by Flux = RAD:
I wonder what the Muslim woman will be like...

I wonder if Marvel won't get cold feet about including her at all, now...

What are the odds?

I have a feeling that Marvel will actually avoid that sort of censorship, looking at their recent track record, but who knows....if anyone would have the relative autonomy in the comic book world it would probably be Marvel (successful enough to have money [sort of] and not owned by Warner Brothers, et al)

Benjamin.

Jamieon

20:57 / 13.09.01

Hopefully they won't censor her. Is it confirmed that she can blow herself up? I can't remember how that debate ended.

Whatever, Grant will make sure she's a three dimensional character (and God knows we need a few more three dimensional portrayals of moslems in the popular media) so it'll be cool.....

[ 13-09-2001: Message edited by: runt ]

Spatula Clarke

09:06 / 14.09.01

quote:Originally posted by Flux = RAD:
I wonder what the Muslim woman will be like...

Is this the character who's supposed to be 'like the Human Bomb'?

If so, could that be her at the back of Emma's classroom in Genosha towards the end of #115?

Jamieon

09:12 / 14.09.01

Yeah, it stands to reason she would've survived. I really want to see her X outfit. I dig the idea of the uniform combined with traditional moslem dress.

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